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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Kuwait	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,926	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,982	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,038	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,094	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,151	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,208	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,268	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,329	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,388	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,446	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,502	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,556	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,609	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,660	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,710	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,757	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,804	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,848	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,891	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,933	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,972	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,011	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,048	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,061	16,514

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Barbados, Kuwait, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.